
Topaz
Taste attributes: dramathrillerhistoricalespionageunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"Hitchcock takes you behind the actual headlines to expose the most explosive spy scandal of this century!"
Boxlist takeExpect an intricate, serious thriller, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.0 /10
TMDB · 245 votes
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What lines up
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











